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Apr

25

2019

Seattle indie Bookstore Day bookish adventure photo

Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Challenge 2019: Planning Tips for Success

From the blog surpriseslikespringrain.com April 20, 2019 Hello friends! If you’ve been following along with my Instagram adventures or this blog for a while, then you know that last year I completed the 2018 Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Challenge! *crowd goes wild* For those of you who are new here, let me explain: Every year, …

Jul

31

2018

Sunrise from Steptoe Butte, Wash.BROOKE FITTS FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

BookPeople of Moscow in “The Tuscany of America”

BookPeople of Moscow was featured in the Wall Street Journal’s article, “The Tuscany of America,” by Matthew Kronsberg July 27, 2018. MY WIFE AND SON laughed at me when, for the third time in less than a mile, I stopped our rental car, stepped onto the gravel road and took yet another wholly inadequate cellphone …

Apr

30

2015

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Independent Bookstore Day in the PNW
Saturday May 2, 2015

Independent Bookstore Day will take place on on Saturday May 2, 2015 at more than 400 bookstores nationwide. It celebrates the reading community and bricks-and-mortar bookstores. For one day, and one day only, a number of very limited, unique, word-based items and books will be available in more than 400 independent stores across the country. These aren’t …

Apr

17

2015

Maggie & Leigh Ann’s road trip reflections

Booksellers and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Board Members emeritus Maggie Freitag and Leigh Ann Giles undertook a spectacular Pacific Northwest bookstore tour. For their first leg of the trip, see here. For their second update, click here. This is a third and final write-up.  Day 5   Chelan, WA Mile 702 We woke to the view …

Mar

31

2015

Maggie, David, and Leigh Ann at Book N Brush in Chehalis, WA

On the Road with Maggie & Leigh Ann

                Day 2 Wednesday March 25 We woke Wednesday in misty Astoria wondering what day it was. The numerous bookstores we visited on our first day on the road made it seem like it must be well beyond the actual 24 hours spent so far. Assured by our …

Mar

27

2015

5

remarks

Booklovers’ Roadtrip with
Maggie & Leigh Ann

March 23, 2015 To our dear friends who love books- After serving 4 years on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association board, we’ve packed up our final board packets, wished our successors all the best, and headed west towards the Oregon coast. The plan is a 5 day tour that will take us to bookstores throughout …

Dec

30

2013

Independent Bookstore’s Success National News

We’re northwest booklovers, but that doesn’t mean we don’t celebrate great news about the book industry everywhere in the country. While I was in the Philadelphia airport on the day after Christmas, I was delighted to see a story of happy bookselling news on repeat. The Strand Bookstore (or as we in the Pacific Northwest like …

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